By Warren Eves
Javier Castellano’s long race riding hiistory with Todd Pletcher takes him off a colt who has a huge chance at a boxcar price in the Kentucky Derby.
Majesto(18), opening at a lofty 30-1, offers enormous “value” coming off a much better than appears running line in the Florida Derby. The “leggy” son of Tiznow [...]

By Warren Eves This is a chronicle of a far reaching illegal substance epidemic. The Hong Kong Jockey Club has been ahead of the curve since 2006. They were testing for cobalt levels. HKJC researchers found that a urinary threshold of 75 nanograms per milliliter and plasma threshold of [...]

By Warren Eves Things went according to the Zito-plan Sunday in the Florida Derby. Julien Leparoux never asked Dialed In for serious run when he tried two turns for the first time at Gulfstream Park Jan., 30. That race is what racetrackers refer to as a “gimmee.” Yes, it’s true, this [...]

By Warren Eves You never know where a nugget is going to surface. We went to the ninth race on the Tampa Bay Downs card Thursday afternoon. We wanted to see how Extraextraordinary made out. He’s another one of those Giant’s Causeway colts who was second in his debut last [...]

By Warren Eves No doubt about it–this is the strongest sophomore class in many years. Major players for the Kentucky Derby at this hour are Brethren, Dialed In, Mucho Macho Man, Sway Away, and Saturday’s Fountain of Youth winner Soldat. And that group doesn’t even include the pre-Derby favorite–Breeders Cup [...]

By Warren Eves Mucho Macho Man and Rogue Romance exit the Risen Star as major players on the Kentucky Derby trail. Team Valor has announced a game plan for their import Crimson China. Here are some thoughts we gathered after review of three-year-old fixtures the [...]

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